Issues for COP27
The UN Climate conference (COP27) to be convened on November 6-18 at the Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm El Sheikh will grapple with a number of issues that lie at…
The next wave
Since Covid-19 first appeared on the scene it is as if we are living in a dream; a nightmare to be more precise. Our lives have been deeply impacted and…
Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed away
For generations Paban Baroi’s family guarded a temple to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, until Bangladesh’s mighty Padma river wreaked havoc of its own, wiping out the shrine, their…
Wages of a deluge
Would a natural disaster allow the continuation of politics by other means? Well, for that matter, politics does affect our ability to think straight and to find the right answers…
What is to be done?
The worst floods in the history of Pakistan have taken more than one thousand lives and displaced millions. Most of the victims are poor and destitute, living in makeshift shelters,…
Apocalyptic floods
The people of Pakistan have seen natural disasters like the 2022 floods before. In 2010 and 2011, devastating floods across the country damaged several parts of each province. Before this,…
Flood havoc and role of NDMA
Once again a national disaster in the shape of massive flooding has wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan and once again the role of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and…
Truly tasteless: Japan’s plastic food artists get creative
From the “leaning tower of pizza” to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans’ quirky plastic food sculptures went on display…
Climate-battered nations hunt elusive cash to adapt at UN talks
The southeast African island of Madagascar was hit by six tropical storms in the first four months of this year, killing more than 200 people and affecting nearly 600,000 across…
Climate-proofing the treaty
CLIMATIC change has created many new issues for India-Pakistan water relations, and they go beyond the scope of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). These issues reflect an epochal shift in…
